Just how long does a total solar eclipse last in the Heroes universe?? I mean, they only last a couple of minutes, don't they? Also, how is this thing total everywhere?
Maybe in their universe a monster swallows the sun or somthing.
I mean, they only last a couple of minutes, don't they?
Yep. I found this: "Totality can never last more than 7 min 31 s, and is usually much shorter: during each millennium there are typically fewer than 10 total solar eclipses exceeding 7 minutes." (Source is Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse))
It can't be total everywhere. It's impossible. Heroes fails at science!
Well, I think if you want your audience to suspend disbelief in one area, it is even more important to make the other things consistent and real, otherwise it's just a mess. You can't argue that just because they have a superpowers premise it was "anything goes".
I don't mind the technobabble science failures related to the powers, but this is just idiotic. And such a common knowledge thing too. I mean, everybody who has seen a partial or total eclips knows they don't last long.
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ratcreature) wrote2008-12-02 09:35 pm
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Yep. I found this: "Totality can never last more than 7 min 31 s, and is usually much shorter: during each millennium there are typically fewer than 10 total solar eclipses exceeding 7 minutes." (Source is Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse))
It can't be total everywhere. It's impossible. Heroes fails at science!
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LIES. Superpowers are real! You can remove one part of the brain to stop feeling pain! Knowing the future can't change it! HEISENBERG WAS A LIAR.
Ahem.
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